Computer Weekly articles from October 2006

Computer Weekly archives from October 2006

Aussie government IT programmes drive demand for Brits down under.
October 3, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukA series of major IT programmes by the Australian government are opening up new opportunities for British IT professionals who are prepared to emigrate.The Australian government is fast-tracking IT...

Demand soars for high end development skills.(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukThere has been a huge increase in demand for high-end application development skills among UK ?organisations. The CPMi Job Creation Index, published by recruitment consultancy Computer People and Mandis...

Training body promises crackdown on cowboys.(Institute of IT Training)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukThe Institute of IT Training has promised to crack down on companies that mis-sell training by making unrealistic promises that their courses guarantee high-paid jobs.Chief executive Colin Steed said there was...

Insurer targets.(Alea London contracts with Pillar Data Systems to install storage platform)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukInsurer Alea London is consolidating its core systems, datawarehouse and e-mail archives on a single storage platform. The firm is using a Pillar Axiom storage facility, storage management software...

Customer needs add to the.(IDC's European IT Forum )
October 3, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukBanks face special challenges in ensuring that their payment systems comply with the spate of forthcoming European and US financial regulations, according to Tony Surridge, chairman of Visa UK. The problem...

Mifid deadline will be delayed, claims analyst.(Market in Financial Instruments Directive)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukThe deadline for banks to implement the European Union's Market in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) will be put back, according to Peter Farley, EMEA managing director of analyst firm Financial...

News.(Forensic Computing Unit investigating fraud by pharmacies, opticians and dental practices)
October 3, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukThe NHS has disrupted attempted fraud worth an estimated ?10m after the creation of a dedicated computer forensics unit three years ago. The Forensic Computing Unit, the first dedicated public sector computer...

Travel firm uses database scanning for safe journey to Sarbanes-Oxley.(Travelport Corporate Solutions Inc.)
October 3, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukTravelport, the global travel services company which owns a range of well-known brands including ebookers.com and Galileo, is deploying a scanning system to analyse hundreds of databases for security...

Grid delivers on time for auto analyst.(R.L. Polk and Co. has rolled out grid computing based on Oracle 10g software)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukRL Polk, an automotive industry market research and intelligence firm, has rolled out grid computing based on Oracle 10g software, to power its datawarehouse and provide real-time information.RL Polk's...

Top IT directors get a pizza the action to aid young homeless.(Domino's Pizza Inc. distributed pizzas to homeless persons)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Domino's Pizza IT director Jane Kimberlin (second from left) and her IT team distributed pizzas to hungry IT leaders at last week's annual Byte Night charity sleep-out on London's Embankment. The pizzas raised nearly ?1,000 for the event, which...

Law firm expects rapid ROI from content system.(return on investment)(Berwin Leighton Paisner adopted content management system from GlobusMedia)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukCity law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has gone live with a content management system it believes will pay for itself within a few months. The company adopted GlobusMedia's Contentworkz to enable non-technical...

No half measures in Nottingham's IT overhaul.(Nottingham Building Society)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukNottingham Building Society is embarking on a major project to modernise its IT systems and offer customers online banking for the first time. Nottingham's IT manager and a project manager will oversee 14 IT...

Hackney reaches halfway point on route to single service centre.(London Borough of Hackney )(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukThe London Borough of Hackney has reached the halfway stage in its four-year project to deliver all services through a single front office.When the Service First business transformation is completed in...

Debate looks to strengthen learned society for computer scientists.
October 3, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukThe UK's computer science community has for some time been discussing the need for a stronger, more cohesive learned society to provide better support and promote the interests of the community....

Father of the web wins Freedom of IT award.(Tim Berners-Lee, Freedom of the Information Technologists award)(Information Technologists Company )(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... John Rileyjohn.riley@rbi.co.ukTim Berners-Lee last week received the "Freedom of the Information Technologists", an award from the Information Technologists Company (also known as the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists). The award...

News.(mobile communications technologies usage)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Could you live without your laptop? Yes: 81%No: 19%The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking...

Outsourcing takes the lion's share of supermarkets' above average IT investment.(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at food retailers.Large food retailers spend an average of ?10,620 a year per desktop,...

Management tools on the up.(configuration management databases)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Arif Mohamed arif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukAdoption of configuration management databases (CMDB) to aid systems management is expected to double in the next year.A CMDB stores details of the components of an IT system and the relationships between...

Heat modelling tools help with datacentre planning.(Future Facilities)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukA new breed of capacity planning tool is emerging that will help IT ?directors tackle the growing problem of deploying power-hungry blade servers in datacentres.The approach, which is being championed by...

How grid power pays off for HSBC.(Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)
October 3, 2006... Grid technology has broken out of the scientific and academic communities' labs and entered the enterprise. Global banking group HSBC is a good example of a commercial organisation that is wrestling with grid technologies, while harnessing...

what does the ceo want from you?(chief executive officer)
October 3, 2006... Every chief information officer knows what contribution they make to their organisation, but what do their chief executives want of them - especially when they are looking for a new CIO?"I would love to say CEOs are looking for CIOs with bags...

IIS closes gap on Apache as it boosts .net integration.(Internet Information Services)
October 3, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it?Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is a set of internet-based services for servers using the Windows operating system. It is the world's second most popular web server in terms of...

Accenture man to head ID and Passport Service.(appointed James Hall)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Tash Shifrincomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukJames Hall, the Accenture executive who was responsible for the firm's ?2bn contract with the NHS's National Programme for IT, has been appointed as the first chief executive of the Identity and Passport...

Rewards on a two-way road.
October 3, 2006... or anyone who has got lost in a city centre one-way system, the joys of the two-way street, even if it means a bit of negotiation with vehicles coming the other way, are obvious.So it is with relationships with business colleagues, even though...

Confidence wanes as timetables for NHS service and IT reform diverge.
October 3, 2006... In July and August, my NHS region was putting together a communications plan on the NHS's technology programme.Under the plan, every NHS trust had to inform every member of staff about the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and the huge benefits...

Putting on PDA encryption at the Ritz.(personal digital assistants, Ritz Hotel Ltd.)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... The Ritz hotel is issuing its staff with encrypted personal digital assistants to protect confidential information if devices are lost or stolen. The PDAs are fitted with Pointsec encryption software, which locks the system if a device is...

Lenovo and IBM recall batteries.(Lenovo Group Ltd., International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukLenovo and IBM are recalling 526,000 laptop batteries two weeks after one of Lenovo's Thinkpad notebooks caught fire at Los Angeles International airport.The batteries were manufactured by Sony, and the...

Do you work in a winning IT department?(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Do you think your IT department has what it takes to be ranked among the UK's best places to work?Computer Weekly's Best Places to Work in IT awards offer the chance for IT departments that value their staff and work to the highest standards to...

Camelot cuts security cost.(Camelot Group)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukNational Lottery provider Camelot Group has cut its network security costs by up to 25% by consolidating its firewalls onto a single rack ?system. Camelot, which manages the Lotto network and sells lottery...

Increased investment in IT.(Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesley@rbi.co.ukHSBC is on course to beat its target of cutting 10% from per-transaction operating costs across its global banking operations this year, thanks to heavy investment in IT. The bank expects to cut...

Fast-track IT integration to beat post-merger headaches, says Mittal.(Mittal Steel Company N.V.)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... John Rileyjohn.riley@rbi.co.ukCompanies that integrate their IT systems quickly after a merger have fewer problems than those that make the transition slowly, according to Anosh Thakkar, global manager for corporate performance management and...

News.(Phishing attacks have increased in six months)(British Telecommunications PLC contracts with law firm Norton Rose)(London Organising Committee shortlists IT partners Accenture, BT Global Services, IBM and Logica CMG)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... in briefOlympic committee shortlists IT partnersThe London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has shortlisted four companies in its tendering process to appoint an information systems partner to run its...

News.(Barclays appointed Heather Campbell)(Microsoft to patch Powerpoint vulnerability)(Wal-Mart to roll-out customer tracking tool)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... In briefBarclays appoints COO for information officeBarclays has appointed Heather Campbell to the new role of chief operating officer for the group's chief information office. Campbell, who will report to Barclays CIO Don Trotta, joins the...

Nurturing IT pioneers is key to business wins.(European IT Forum)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukChief information officers must reward employees who seek out new technologies and attempt to pioneer those technologies in the business, delegates at the IDC European IT Forum in Paris were told.If...

Find staff who are passionate, says Intel CIO.(John Johnson speaking at European IT Forum 2006)(chief information officer)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukFinding technologists who engage with and are passionate about the organisation is the hardest part of managing an IT department, according to Intel's CIO John Johnson.Speaking at IDC's European IT Forum...

Councils share services experience.(Society of Information Technology Management)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukShared services will be top of the agenda at the annual conference of local authority IT directors association Socitm this week.With the Cabinet Office due to publish a sector plan setting out how local...

The crucial questions.(Accenture PLC breaking contracts with National Health Service)
October 3, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukThe decision by Accenture to walk away from its original ?2bn contracts to deliver IT systems to the health service in the North East and East of England has raised important questions about the NHS National...

Age law could make.
October 3, 2006... I am afraid that I have to disagree with most of the points Ibukun Adebayo makes in her article "Don't let them kick you out after 40" (Computer Weekly, 19 September).The new law designed to tackle ageism may very well make employment prospects...

Flexibility and a big stick for police.(police departments comprehensive strategy for IT systems )
October 3, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukThe police service in England and Wales has established a comprehensive strategy for IT systems to give officers access to national intelligence and information (Computer Weekly, 26 September), but it is so...

Cutting disaster down to size.
October 3, 2006... Small and medium-sized business are becoming more aware of business continuity, and more are implementing high-availability technologies that were previously the preserve of big corporations. However, this new zest for business continuity does...

what is best for you?(business enterprises contingency plans for data security)
October 3, 2006... The business world has become accustomed to being on red alert, whether for reasons of terrorist threats or network security, and the UK firms are entering a more pragmatic phase. It is less a case of "it will never happen to me" than "what if...

Space savers offer bandwidth boost.(Enterprises are discovering new uses for wide area networks)
October 3, 2006... Enterprises are discovering new uses for wide area networks, such as voice over IP (VoIP), datacentre consolidation and back-ups of distributed data files to a central, safe, auditable location. But with greater versatility comes far greater...

Web users warned of cross-site script attacks.(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukWeb servers and web-based applications are increasingly vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks, internet security firm NTA Monitor has warned. Its research has found that attacks are beginning to appear on...

End-point security: a matter of trust.
October 3, 2006... Trends such as home and mobile working, deperimeterisation, outsourcing and the expansion of B2C and B2B e-commerce have increased the number of devices used in electronic transactions. This is placing new demands on businesses to provide...

How to avoid datacentre downtime.
October 3, 2006... Boris Sedaccacomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukA supposedly "bullet-proof" IT infrastructure will always be vulnerable to electrical and mechanical problems. So it is important for IT directors to start talking to building services people.Part of the...

Dell introduces remote support tool to the UK.(Dellconnect)(Brief article)
October 3, 2006... Antony Savvascomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukDell has introduced an online support tool that allows a Dell technician to take over a user's machine remotely to solve technical problems.The Dellconnect tool can be employed, with the user's permission,...

Spotlight falls on batteries as laptop needs increase.
October 3, 2006... Arif Mohamedarif.mohamed@rbi.co.ukThe viability of lithium ion batteries is under scrutiny, with three major suppliers - Apple, Dell and Toshiba - recalling batteries used in tens of thousands of laptops, and three airlines issuing restrictions...

Microsoft and anti-virus suppliers.(Microsoft Windows Vista prone to viruses)
October 3, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukCorporate IT security departments risk being caught in a row that could limit the security of the new Windows Vista operating system, as Microsoft and leading security suppliers engage in a bitter war of words...

Tetley brews SAP savings via in-house management.(Tetley Tea upgrading its business systems )
October 10, 2006... Lindsay Clarklindsay.clark@rbi.co.ukTetley Tea's IT team will go live this month with the first module of an SAP upgrade that the company expects will be completed at about half the cost of using external suppliers.The company has just...

Top IT award promotes technology champions in the UK's boardrooms.(BCS IT Professional Awards 2006)
October 10, 2006... Justin Richardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukIt is an unfortunate fact that many companies do not seat IT directors on their boards, even though a deep understanding of IT issues at board-level is vital for the overall forward strategy of any...

Microsoft ISA 2006 can.(Internet Security and Acceleration)
October 10, 2006... Nick Langleycomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukWhat is it?Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server bundles functions that people generally look to third-party specialists for. Given the publicity surrounding the security flaws in...

Make all the right connections.
October 10, 2006... Chris Edwardscomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukEven in the past couple of years, as other technology markets have recovered since the slump of 2001, telecoms operators are still feeling the pressure as free broadband services such as Skype threaten...

Getting users to raise their voice.(voice over IP usage will double in the next few years)
October 10, 2006... While experts predict that voice over IP usage will double in the next few years, there is enough anecdotal evidence of its limitations to give pause for thought.One example is the teleconference hosted by a global telecoms carrier that was...

So who wants to have a career in IT? I do...(IT is appealing career for young people)
October 10, 2006... Computing as a career had its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. Even the 1990s saw the young getting into telecoms, e-security or web design. So what has gone wrong with IT as an appealing career for young people? According to a Computer Weekly...

Is your firm a great place to work?(Computer Weekly's Best Places to Work in IT awards)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukIf your IT department has a positive working environment, employs continuous professional development and offers a good work-life balance, then you have much to gain from entering Computer...

IT security pioneer piped into ISSA's Hall of Fame.(Information Systems Security Association has awarded Fred Piper to its Hall of Fame )(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukThe Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) has awarded its accolade of the year to IT security specialist Fred Piper by admitting him to its Hall of Fame.Piper, long-time professor of...

Living in the vanilla world.
October 10, 2006... ho do you believe? IT controversialist Nicholas Carr has been back in town dampening down enthusiasm about innovative IT creating unique competitive advantage.As Cliff Saran's interview with Carr on page 28 makes clear, he still thinks IT is...

IT does matter, but not as we know it.(Nicholas Carr)(Interview)
October 10, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.uk"IT doesn't matter," proclaimed business writer Nicholas Carr in his famous or infamous (depending on your niche in the IT industry) article for the Harvard Business Review. The questioning of the strategic value...

Business fit is key as councils strike landmark shared services deal.(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukDurham and Northumberland have agreed one of the first shared services deals between county councils, after Durham decided against sharing services with 10 smaller local councils in the county because of poor...

Asset tracker delivers cooler TNT datacentre.(TNT (U.K.) Ltd.)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukTNT is using datacentre asset tracking software to determine the impact of new hardware installations.The delivery firm is using Aperture Vista for proactive planning of the cooling and power requirements of new...

Alliance overhaul gives single customer view.(Alliance & Leicester PLC plans to replace core banking systems with Accenture's Alnova Financial Solutions banking platform)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Christian Annesleychristian.annesely@rbi.co.ukAlliance & Leicester has announced plans to replace many of its core banking systems with Accenture's Alnova Financial Solutions banking platform under a three-year IT-led business transformation...

Banks 'have the in-house.
October 10, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukInvestment banks have the necessary IT expertise in-house to make the system alterations needed to prepare for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), the UK CIO of a leading European bank has...

News.(security risks to their systems and data are routinely over-hyped)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Are IT security risks over-hyped? Yes: 79%No: 21%The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking...

Massive but essential spend on trading systems and platforms may go even higher.(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... With more than three times the average UK spend on IT hardware, stockbrokers, securities firms and commodity brokers operate to their own set of IT rules.Brokers need rapid real-time data from many sources, so high-spec desktop systems must be...

Does IT matter? Yes, but don't stick your neck out, says Carr.(Nicholas Carr)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... The debate on whether IT can make a difference to business was back with a bang in the UK last week when Nicholas Carr, author of "Does IT Matter?", came to London.At two events, one hosted by Microsoft and the other by Hewlett-Packard, the...

Banks told to raise spend on.
October 10, 2006... Christian Annesley christian.annesley@rbi.co.ukUK retail banks need to embrace IT-driven change to keep pace with convergence and consolidation among banks globally.In particular, the development of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) will...

Agility must be real goal of investment.(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Christian Annesley christian.annesley@rbi.co.ukChief information officers working in retail banking need a clear understanding of their bank's IT strengths and must invest to retain and develop any unique competitive advantages for the...

HP users voice concerns on offshore support levels.(Hewlett-Packard )
October 10, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukA number of Hewlett-Packard enterprise users are dissatisfied with the quality of support on offer since HP restructured its operations to increase the use of offshore centres.The supplier has undergone a major...

'Activate IT teams early for success'.(Investment banks urged to involve their technology people for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukInvestment banks have been urged to involve their technology people from the start of projects in order to be ready for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) when it comes into force late...

The beginning of the end for laptops?
October 10, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukThe Sony battery recall affecting the major laptop manufacturers has brought into question whether end-users actually need laptops at all.The recall quickly prompted airlines to warn travellers not to take onto...

HSBC putsm-commerce on fast track.(Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. and First Direct )(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukIt has taken HSBC and its online banking arm First Direct just 500 development days to develop a mobile banking service that runs across the Link cash machine network.The two banks will use the Monilink mobile...

Microsoft offers users.(changed the licensing of its Windows Server Datacenter)
October 10, 2006... Cliff Sarancliff.saran@rbi.co.ukMicrosoft has changed the licensing of its Windows Server Datacenter, allowing users buying new servers licensed with the operating system to run an unlimited number of virtualised instances of Windows...

Outlook links are on the rise, says Microsoft.(Steve Morrow)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukSix out of 10 independent software suppliers that work with Microsoft are building an interface with Outlook for their users, according to Steve Morrow, the head of Microsoft's independent software supplier...

Hold immediate NHS IT probe, experts tell MPs.(National Health Service)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukA group of leading computing academics has written a new open letter to MPs calling for an immediate inquiry into the NHS's ?12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT).The academics say a report on the programme...

Experts strike new NHS warning note.(National Health Service)
October 10, 2006... Tony Collinstony.collins@rbi.co.ukAt the headquarters in Whitehall of the Department of Health on 20 April 2006, senior officials met leading experts in computer-related sciences and welcomed their call for an independent audit of the NHS's...

News.
October 10, 2006... In briefAtos steps aboard for big-ticket train dealThe Association of Train Operating Companies has signed a ?30m 12-year contract with Atos Origin to develop and manage the automation of all rail ticket sales processing in the UK. The deal is...

News.
October 10, 2006... in briefPay-as-you-go car insurance uses GPSNorwich Union has rolled out its Pay As You Drive insurance scheme to all drivers. A black box within the car uses GPS to provide positioning data collected at regular intervals. This data is...

Pitcom founders laid down firm foundations.(Parliamentary Industry IT Committee)(Michael Marshall, Ian Lloyd )(Obituary)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Computer Weekly reportercomputer.weekly@rbi.co.ukPitcom, the Parliamentary Industry IT Committee, has taken a double hit with the loss of two of its former chairmen.Founder chairman Ian Lloyd and his successor Michael Marshall both died late...

Banks voice unease on.(banks are up in arms over the privacy threat posed by new government powers)
October 10, 2006... Bill Goodwinbill.goodwin@rbi.co.ukUK banks are up in arms over the privacy threat posed by new government powers allowing the police and other agencies to demand the encryption keys that will unlock confidential data.They say the powers, which...

Rolls-Royce fires up RFID trial to meet US army supply chain orders.(Rolls-Royce PLC)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukRolls-Royce's defence aerospace business is beginning a radio frequency identification (RFID) trial to help it comply with the decision by the US Department of Defense to use the radio tagging technology...

Big may not be beautiful, says Suffolk.(John Suffolk at Society of IT Management conferance)(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Will Hadfieldwill.hadfield@rbi.co.ukLarge shared services projects will not work for every local authority, according to Whitehall's new CIO John Suffolk.Speaking at the Society of IT Management's annual conference, Suffolk said, "I would not...

Why Tesco's new system is hot stuff.(Brief article)
October 10, 2006... Tesco has installed heat sensors in its supermarkets that can identify in-store bottlenecks as customers move around.The UK's largest retailer is using the technology to ease congestion at tills and in store aisles. By improving the flow of...

profit by your data.(Storage Expo 2006)
October 10, 2006... If you want to keep up with the expansion in data with the latest storage technology and services, or you have to juggle shrinking budgets and growing data storage demands, Storage Expo 2006 is the event for you.It is the UK's only dedicated...

New homes for hungry datacentres.
October 10, 2006... There is a worrying trend in IT departments to invest in space-saving infrastructure advances such as blade servers in a bid to maximise the computational power available within the datacentre. But such cutting-edge designs are power-hungry and...